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Guardians of the Galaxy writer working on live action ‘Detective Pikachu’ film

We Pokémon fans are soon to get a very cool new live action movie to fuel our Pokémon Go addiction, with a screenplay written by the very talented Nicole Perlman (Guardians of the Galaxy) and Alex Hirsch (Fish Hooks).

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Guardians of the Galaxy writer working on live action ‘Detective Pikachu’ film

Well, this is exciting. According to Variety, not only are we Pokémon fans getting a very cool new live action movie to fuel our Pokémon Go addiction, but said movie will be written by the very talented Nicole Perlman (Guardians of the Galaxy) and Alex Hirsch (Fish Hooks).

Entitled Detective Pikachu, the film will take its basis from the upcoming Great Detective Pikachu video game. And while we don’t know too many details about that game yet, we do have this ultra cute, Sherlock-inspired trailer for it:

With Thor, Guardians of the Galaxy, and next, Captain Marvel and the third Robert Downey Jr. Sherlock Holmes movie on her resume, we know that Perlman has the comedy-hero-crime chops for the Detective Pikachu project.

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Netflix’s Narcos gets mobile video game ‘Narcos: Cartel Wars’

Time to put down your Pokédex – there’s a new mobile game in town. Rather than aspiring to becoming the very best Pokémon trainer than no one ever was, now you can follow in the footsteps of Pablo Escobar and become a (virtual) drug lord! Yay!

Entitled Narcos: Cartel Wars, the new free to play mobile output from FTX Games allows players to build the narcotics organisation of their dreams, which of course involves garnering the respect (or fear) of their peers, laundering money through untraceable transactions, and going to war for territory and profit.

“Step into the dangerous and thrilling role of cartel kingpin in the official game of the hit television show NARCOS”, reads the game’s official synopsis. “Decide between leading through raw power or gathering respect through loyalty. Sometimes bad people do good things… In the end you must decide, will it be “Plata o Plomo”? There is money and power to be made. From now on, nowhere is safe”.

“Narcos is about a lot more than violence, money and power,” says FTX Games head of business development Aaron Berndtson. “We really wanted to explore the moral ambiguity from the show, where right and wrong are subjective. We’re very excited to put these choices into the player’s hands”.

Narcos: Cartel Wars is set to hit the App Store this September to coincide with the release of Narcos season 2 on Netflix.

The game will be free to download with the option of in-app purchases, and will be available on both iOS and Android.

WATCH: Pokémon GO gets laugh out loud ‘Honest Trailer’ treatment

Finally, some much needed perspective has been shone on our obsession with Pokémon GO. For those aspiring Pokémon trainers among us who started out so gleefully optimistic about the game promising… read more

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WATCH: Pokémon GO gets laugh out loud ‘Honest Trailer’ treatment

Finally, some much needed perspective has been shone on our obsession with Pokémon GO. For those aspiring Pokémon trainers among us who started out so gleefully optimistic about the game promising ‘Pokémon in real life’, and who now find ourselves desperately trying to add more species to the Pokédexes which have since plateaued around the 50 mark, the good people at Smosh Games have taken all of our frustrations and disappointment, and bundled them into this oh-so-relatable honest trailer.

From branding Pokémon GO a “groundbreaking combination of mild cardio, Google Maps, and Paper Toss“, to accusing it of “throwing out all of the stuff that made Pokémon interesting and keeping the part where you walk back and forth in the grass until something interesting happens”, the dramatic voiceover gets our experience of love-hating the gaming sensation bang on.

We were just about crying at the description of the whole ‘transfer for candies’ thing, which explains the game’s “grinding system that will literally have you grinding the Pokémon you catch into candies that you force feed to the Pokémon you kept alive”.

“It wasn’t enough to catch a team of fighting slaves, now you make them eat their friends too”, the voiceover continues.

Of course, while the Honest Trailer speaks three and a half minutes of disturbingly accurate truths, it’s unlikely to put us off playing the game until our phone batteries / eyesight / sanity give out. But it’s definitely worth watching for some LOLs.

Pokémon Go scores $14 million for Nintendo in its first week

There’s no questioning that Pokémon Go is the gaming event of the century so far. Released just last week in a select handful of locations, the The Pokémon Company x Niantic augmented reality game, which… read more

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Pokémon Go scores $14 million for Nintendo in its first week

There’s no questioning that Pokémon Gois the gaming event of the century so far. Released just last week in a select handful of locations, the The Pokémon Company x Niantic augmented reality game, which users can download as a free Android or iOS app on their mobile devices, has already driven Nintendo stock prices in Tokyo up by 25%, garnered more active users than Tinder in the United States, and caused everyone on our route to the office to trip over one another in trying to catch a Hitmonchan.

According to a report from SuperData, Pokémon Go has managed to instantly reach the top-grossing ranks on both Android and iOS platforms over just a few days, and early estimates indicate that the game has so far managed to generate US$14.04 million across mobile platforms since its release.

However, SuperData has questioned whether the game can upkeep its current momentum and cultivate a loyal following, saying:

“Just like every other mobile game it will have to face the retention figures after 7, 30, and 90 days. Chances are we are looking at the mobile games’ equivalent of a summer hit song rather than a revolution in the mobile game monarchy”.

While Pokémon Go has not yet officially launched in the UK, British iOS users are able to download the app from Australian and New Zealand app stores by creating new Apple IDs.

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Game of Thrones’ Kit Harington prepares for Infinite Warfare as new Call of Duty villain

Game of Thrones fan favourite Kit Harington is set to take on a role less honourable than our beloved Jon Snow in a different type of game altogether; the new Call of Duty.

The hugely popular video game is known for its Hollywood voice talents, with Samuel L. Jackson and Sigourney Weaver among the actors who have previously lent their vocal stylings to characters in the franchise.

Now, it has been confirmed that Harington will play a villain in the upcoming Call of Duty instalment ‘Infinite Warfare‘.

The caption of the video read “Go behind the scenes to see the face of the enemy with this sneak peek from the ‪#‎InfiniteWarfare ‬motion capture set”, however further details of Harington’s dastardly character are yet to be revealed.

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Tetris live-action movie trilogy: Will the puzzle game make for a blockbuster?

So, the world of filmmaking has truly gone to the dogs, as Threshold Entertainment has gone ahead and secured no less than US$80 million in funding for a Tetris live-action movie trilogy.

Yep. Tetris.

Slated to begin filming in 2017, the adaptation of the iconic arcade game is yet to have a script, or even a name. However, we haven’t exactly been filled with confidence by Threshold Entertainment’s Larry Kasanoff, who promises of the first installment: “It will be a cool surprise”.

As per usual, we mined the internet for our favourite reactions to the ludicrous news. And as per usual, the internet didn’t disappoint:

“When we can finally put the pieces together this might just stack up.”

“The script is going to be awful as I hear the screenwriter is suffering from writer’s block.”

“I hope the cast learn their lines.”

“Jason Statham for the long 4 role.”

“I hear the script has hit a brick wall already.”

“Pixels wasn’t stupid enough an idea?”

“Hoping we’ll get to see that dark and gritty Noughts and Crosses movie I’ve been longing for.”

“Everyone is in a mad Scrabble to put together their own cinematic universe.”

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TV title sequences recreated in Grand Theft Auto V

YouTube users have been recreating TV title sequences on Grand Theft Auto V, and the effects are incredible.

Just type ‘GTA 5 TV intro’ into YouTube, and the results will range from true-to-the original works of serious beauty, such as El Serpe‘s GTA intro to House of Cards, to laugh-uncontrollably-til-you-cry remakes, such as Merfish‘s imaginative reinventions of Pokemon and 7th Heaven.

Here are our favourite GTAV clips, however we highly recommend that you spend countless hours trawling through all of them. We promise it’s worth it.

House of Cards title sequence created on GTA V:

7th Heaven title sequence created on GTA V:

F.R.I.E.N.D.S title sequence created on GTA V:

True Detective title sequence created on GTA V:

And we saved the best til last…
Pokemon title sequence created on GTA V:

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Quiz: Which Wet Hot American Summer character are you?

If you hadn’t guessed it already, we love the new Netflix series of Wet Hot American Summer. It’s one of those TV shows where every character is just so perfect, it’s impossible to pick a favourite. So with that in mind, we’ve created the definitive quiz to test which member of the Camp Firewood gang you’re most like! Will you be a sassy Susie or a clueless Coop? A jilted Gene, or even a can of mixed vegetables? Find out below…

Pacific Rim director Guillermo del Toro was working with Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima to produce the eagerly-awaited new game, which last year released a playable teaser on the Playstation Network.

Konami Digital Entertainment has confirmed it will continue to develop the series, but the image of Reedus has been removed from their website due to the expiry of his contract and the playable teaser will also be removed due to the expiry of the distribution period.

Fans of the series have greeted the news with horror:

Like any of the Silent Hill protagonists, we the fans are trapped by the nightmare we keep walking into.
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